Hay-fork attachment.



. T. s. BARBOUR.

HAY PORK ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.20, 1909.

Patented Sept 13,1910

171 W's/77 07, Q XMMM/ i -,transversely' of its ends.

Attachment, of which i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. HARBOUR, OF AMES, IOWA.

HAY-FORK ATTACHMENT.

between said head and bar.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. BAnnoUn, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Ames, Story county, 'Iowa, have invented a new and useful Hay-Fork the. following is a specification. r

The object of this invention is to provide means for interchangeably using a hay fork and slings in unloading and stacking or mowing-away hay.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for supporting a hay fork to sling pulleys, which means can be detached from the sling pulleys conveniently and readily. I

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by ing, in which-- igure '1 is a front elevation illustrating my improved device attached to hay sling pulleys and supporting a fork. Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 3 an end view of my attachthe accompanying draw- -ment detached from fork and sling pulleys,

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates a metal bar preferably wider at its center than at its ends and formed with a hole in its center perpendicular to, its bottom and eyes 11, 12 Rings 13, 14 are mounted in the eyes 11, 12 and are adapted for attachment to hooks 13, 14 of hay slings of any desired form. An eyebolt 15 is swiveled in the holein the center of the bar 10 and is arranged with its eye extending downward from said bar. A head 15" flsformed on the eyebolt 15 above the bar 19' and a washer 16 is mounted on said bolt I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented SeptQ13, 1910. Application filed Aprll 20, 1909.

Serial No. 491,639.

A clevis pin 17, provided with a key 18, is mounted in the eye of. the bolt 15 and a clevis 19 of common form is suspended thereon. A hay-fork 20 of any desired form can be mounted to the bar '10 by sus ending it in the ol'evis 19. In Fi 1 I s ow hay-fork 20 0f one form carrie by the clevis 19 and the bar 10 carried by the hooks of slings of common form. The bar 10, carrying the fork 20, can be used on the-sling pulleys, or

the slings can be used alone.

In the practical operation of stacking or mowing away along hay, it is convenient and expeditious to remove approximately twothirds of a load from a we on by the use of a fork and then remove t e fork and bar from the sling pulleys and complete unloading the wagon by use of the slings alone.

My improvement makes convenient and possible the use of fork or slings interchangeably on the same hay sling pulley devices.

I claim as my invention In combination with the hooks of a hay sling, an atachment whcreby"said-hooks are spread and rigidly secured to support a fork of greater capacity than the sling, said spreading and securing means comprising a bar of a length to span said hooks when the latter are spaced and having swiveled links at its ends to en age said hooks and an intermediate depen ing axially swiveled I tidal {is adapted to receive a depended hay Signed by me at Ames, Iowa, this 17th day of September, 1908.

. THOMAS S. BARBOUR.

Witnesses:

. CLYDE L. SIVERLY,

C. H. PABLEY. 

